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20 of the 21 songs are now mixed, and my feelings about this album are so strong and deep. In all the years I’ve been making albums, this one, to […]

SATURDAY—drove to Dallas with Lance. Played kids show at 3 at Poor David’s Pub! Had a MOSH PIT with jumping, jumping happy funny chatty kids!!! Ate dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse!!! […]

I am working really, really, really, really, really, super really, really-oh-really, beyond really hard on this record. The reason you haven’t heard me talking about it lately is because I’m […]

I wrote a new song called “Turn It Off”….it’s about turning off the TV. I like it very much. I use the word “freakin’” in the lyrics. Ha ha! OK….That’s […]

I have two dads. My dad, David, and my dad, Jim. My dad, Jim, had double bi-pass surgery today. He is in ICU right now and doing terrific. He and […]

Conflicted and insistent this persistent feeling of nothing’s real, all stolen swollen, woven tight So tight I can’t breathe At least not tonight… I stand on a stage I hardly […]

Yes, I am naked in a new calendar available for sale. Naked for a cause. The calendar just went on sale, and all proceeds will go to help Jon Dee […]

Working feverishly with Wendy Morgan here in Austin to create weekly visits by local musicians and storytellers to go into the shelters and entertain the children. We are hoping to […]

We put Grady to sleep yesterday. I would like to thank Dr. Buck for his kindness during a sincerely traumatic time for me and my family.

100% of Sara’s sales of these albums via CD Baby will be donated to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts: This Christmas Wish Ready to Pop (contains explicit language) Faithful Heart Domestic […]

President Bush… A good Christian walks the walk. I’m a person who has made many mistakes, but you know what? I’m going to call you to the mat. What you […]

Seven-year-old Dillan Chancey is exhausted from the past four days. He and his mother and father rode out the hurricane in Biloxi, Mississippi, where they lost everything they had. (Carolyn […]

No, not the smelly, stealin’, sink-yer-ship mean kinda pirate, just the everyday nice heavy metal kind who mix Monty Python with Metallica. THOSE kind of pirates. More later.

I have to go to the grocery store right now, but I have thoughts out the wazoo to share with you. Hopefully, to pique your interest, I will leave these […]

Grady is just not eating. I’m not sure what to do. She has been resting comfortably, and we have all been loving on her. I’ve been applying the steriod powder […]

Gene arrived on Wednesday into our fair city of 104 degrees. He’s now living in San Jose, so he started putting sunblock on two weeks back to battle the onslaught […]

Mark and I worked hard today; the mixes are coming together and I couldn’t be more grateful to such a talented man. We’ll be back at it at 9:30 tomorrow […]

More working on the record this morning. Ok, whoever is reading this blog, I have a huge favor to ask. If it is still Tuesday, August 23 and it is […]

Cat-in-the-Hat had a birthday party today. He turned 4 1/2 years old. iolana came home from school with him hanging out of her pink backpack and announced today was the […]

Fresh red grapes, Luna bar (S’mores), lemonade, celery sticks with peanut butter, napkin (folded nicely), cheddar goldfish, and water for recess… ….and a note that says how proud we are, […]

Sara passed along this message from the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation, an organization that promotes tolerance and battles hunger. (Proceeds from Sara’s DVD “I Am Going On a Journey” […]

The Crossings is a spa/retreat, tucked up in the hill country of Austin…roadrunners bounding across paths; striped, two inch lizards sunbathing on flat, white chalk-like rocks; flowers blooming the rainbow’s […]

[Photo courtesy of Scott Walker]